(e) arrest that person where the constable has reasonable grounds to believe that a failure to do so would result in the concealment, alteration, loss, damage or destruction of anything which may be evidence of the commission of an offence or may be liable to be forfeited under section 21,", and

Page 136, line 45, leave out ("13 or section") and insert ("5, 8, 9(1) to (4), 10 to 12 or 13(1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(1A) Subject to subsection (5), a person guilty of an offence under any of sections 6, 7, 9(5), 13(2) or")

228

Page 136, line 47, at end insert--

("(2) A person is not liable to imprisonment pursuant to subsection (1) if--

(a) the offence was committed in the course of or was incidental to the carrying out of a lawful occupation or activity, and

(b) the court is satisfied that the commission of the offence was not part of a pattern of premeditated activity conducted for purposes other than those relevant to or incidental to the pursuit of that lawful occupation or activity."")

BY THE LORD WHITTY

229

Page 137, line 29, at end insert--

("Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

13. In section 24(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (arrestable offences), after paragraph (r) there is inserted--

(s) an offence under section 1(1) or (2) or 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (taking, possessing, selling etc. of wild birds) in respect of a bird included in Schedule 1 to that Act or any part of, or anything derived from, such a bird;

(t) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981--

Page 52, line 2, at end insert (", local owner/occupier representative bodies")

BY THE BARONESS BYFORD
THE LORD GLENTORAN
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

230A*

Page 52, line 2, at end insert (", other relevant organisations")

230B*

Page 52, line 3, after ("authority") insert ("or parish council")

BY THE BARONESS BYFORD
THE LORD GLENTORAN

231

Page 52, line 10, at end insert ("after consultation with countryside bodies, local owner/occupier representative bodies and every local authority whose area includes any land to which the order to be revoked or varied relates")

(" .--(1) In exercising or performing any functions in relation to, or so as to affect, land in an area of outstanding natural beauty, a relevant authority shall have regard to the purpose of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the area of outstanding natural beauty.

(2) The following are relevant authorities for the purposes of this section--

(a) any Minister of the Crown,

(b) any public body,

(c) any statutory undertaker,

(d) any person holding public office.

(3) In subsection (2)--

public body" includes--

(a) a county council, county borough council, district council, parish council or community council;

(b) a joint planning board within the meaning of section 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

(c) a joint committee appointed under section 102(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972;

public office" means--

(a) an office under Her Majesty;

(b) an office created or continued in existence by a public general Act; or

(c) an office the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament.")

General duty of public bodies etc.

BY THE LORD BRIDGES
[As an amendment to amendment 234]

234ZA

Line 4, leave out ("regard to the purpose of conserving and enhancing") and insert ("the general duty to conserve and enhance")

(" . Before making an order to establish a conservation board, the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) shall be satisfied that there is a broad measure of agreement among those consulted locally that a conservation board should be established.")

Establishment of conservation boards: concensus of agreement.

238B

Insert the following new Clause--

(" .--(1) A conservation board shall consist of not more than 24 members of whom--

(a) not less than three-quarters shall be appointed by local authorities and parish councils in the proportion of two members from the local authorities for every one member from the parish councils; and

(b) the balance of not more than one-quarter shall be appointed by the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) from organisations whose interests and objectives are relevant to the conservation board.

(2) In the event of a failure by local authorities and parish councils to agree appointments under subsection (1)(a) above, the matter should be referred to the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) for arbitration and decision.

(3) A conservation board shall, after local consultation, decide whether to form an advisory council, and if such a council is formed, shall appoint members to it who shall be drawn from local organisations concerned with the objectives of the conservation board.")

(" .--(1) The Minister (as respects England) and the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) shall, in respect of every management plan which they receive, publish a response within six months setting out--

(a) the steps which the Minister or the Assembly intend to take to further the objectives in that management plan; and

(b) the extent to which the policies of the Minister or the Assembly may conflict with that management plan, and the steps which are to be taken to resolve that conflict.

(2) In this section--

management plan" means a plan published in accordance with--

(a) section 82, or

(b) section 66 of the Environment Act 1995; and

Minister" means the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.")